Cheated?

"Klaus, you're up next." Reynolds tapped Klaus on the shoulder as the next round of battles was about to start. 

"Don't worry, I'll be in the top twenty." Klaus said confidently as he stood up. 

Grey and the others nodded. 

Reynolds called out while he was on the way there, "Oh, and ask if we can challenge those in the lower stages here." 

"Got it." Klaus before walking to the stage. 

This was the last battle, so he planned to challenge the person currently ranked twentieth. If he could win, then he would be part of the top twenty, for now. Of course he knew he would lose the rank soon if someone came to challenge anyone higher than him, but he didn't really care. All that mattered now was that he was in it and got the reward.